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The NGO, Orbis International, travels the globe onboard a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 transformed into a flying ophthalmic hospital. One way to help poor people recover their sight, and train the local medical staff.
 

The French aerobatic team has begun training for the FAI 2015 World Aerobatic Championships, to be held this summer in Chateauroux, 270 kms. ( 170 miles), south of Paris, France, and intend to remain the titleholders after the competition.
 

After a ‘plane crash, what are the terms and amounts of compensation for the families of passengers. Forum by Caroline Cognet-Renard.
 

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) issues 200 recommendations and 500 directives each year, but what are the main differences between them ? The following is a brief overview.
 

In the trailer for the 5th Mission Impossible film, entitled "Rogue Nation’’, Tom Cruise, is found clinging to the outer door of a A400M taking off, and then, very quickly, at 1,500 m. (5,000 feet) altitude – for real.
 

The European Aviation Safety Authority has just ordered a study of air quality in aircraft. Ventilation of the cabin is a health issue and criterion of comfort.
 

The very serious French national school of civil aviation (ENAC) in Toulouse, south western France, was recently transformed into a paper ‘plane airport. This qualifying stage of the Red Bull Paper Wings, in fact began in early February in the ENAC gymnasium. The competitors had to fly their ‘planes over the longest distance, the longest time, or produce the most acrobatic manœuvres possible.